''Recurvaria'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...
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Species
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Recurvaria annulicornis''
(Walsingham, 1897)
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Recurvaria cinerella''
Chretien, 1908
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Recurvaria comprobata''
(Meyrick, 1935)
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Recurvaria consimilis''
Braun, 1930
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Recurvaria costimaculella''
Huemer & Karsholt, 2001
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Recurvaria dryozona''
(Meyrick, 1916)
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Recurvaria eromene
''Recurvaria eromene'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Puerto Rico.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is th ...
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(Walsingham, 1897)
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Recurvaria febriculella''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria filicornis''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria flagellifer''
Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria francisca''
Keifer, 1928
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Recurvaria insequens''
Meyrick, 1931
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Recurvaria intermissella''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria kittella
''Recurvaria kittella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Haiti and Puerto Rico.
The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are cream-white, with a small black costal spot at ...
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(Walsingham, 1897)
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Recurvaria leucatella
''Recurvaria leucatella'' (lesser budmoth or white-barred groundling moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The head is ochreous-white. ...
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(Clerck, 1759) - white-barred groundling moth
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Recurvaria melanostictella
''Recurvaria melanostictella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's ...
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(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria merismatella''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria nanella
''Recurvaria nanella'', the lesser bud moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is widely distributed in Europe and is also found in Turkey, the Near East, North Africa (including Egypt), the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan and south-e ...
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(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - lesser bud moth
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Recurvaria nothostigma''
Meyrick, 1914
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Recurvaria ochrospila''
Meyrick, 1934
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Recurvaria ornatipalpella
''Recurvaria ornatipalpella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Grenada.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...
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(Walsingham, 1897)
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Recurvaria ostariella
''Recurvaria ostariella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Saint Thomas.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingti ...
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(Walsingham, 1897)
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Recurvaria penetrans
''Recurvaria penetrans'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boei ...
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Meyrick, 1923
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Recurvaria picula
''Recurvaria picula'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing ...
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Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria pleurosaris
''Recurvaria pleurosaris'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Bo ...
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Meyrick, 1923
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Recurvaria putella
''Recurvaria putella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Panama.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 ...
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Busck, 1914
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Recurvaria rhicnota
''Recurvaria rhicnota'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Guatemala.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777– ...
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Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria rhombophorella
''Recurvaria rhombophorella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's C ...
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(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria sartor
''Recurvaria sartor'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico ( Guerrero).
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing ...
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Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria saxea''
Meyrick, 1923
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Recurvaria senariella''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria stibomorpha''
Meyrick, 1929
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Recurvaria sticta''
Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria synestia''
Meyrick, 1939
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Recurvaria taphiopis''
Meyrick, 1929
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Recurvaria thiodes''
Meyrick, 1917
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Recurvaria thomeriella''
(Chretien, 1901)
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Recurvaria thysanota''
Walsingham, 1910
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Recurvaria toxicodendri''
Kuznetsov, 1979
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Recurvaria trigonophorella''
(Zeller, 1877)
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Recurvaria vestigata
''Recurvaria vestigata'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario.
The wingspan is about 13 mm.Meyrick, Edward (1929)''Exotic ...
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Meyrick, 1929
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Recurvaria xanthotricha''
Meyrick, 1917
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